Prospectus Tyburtinus (View of the Tiber)
Medium
etching and engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.418
Art Historical Context
Step into the Renaissance world with *Prospectus Tyburtinus (View of the Tiber)*, a captivating etching and engraving created around 1555–1557 by master engravers Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after a design by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, this print offers a sweeping panoramic vista of the Tiber River near Tivoli (ancient Tibur), blending natural grandeur with hints of classical ruins—a nod to Italy's enduring allure for Northern artists. Bruegel, a pioneer of the Northern Renaissance, elevated landscape art from mere background t...
About the Artist
Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Johannes van Doetechum the Elder (c. 1528/1532–1605) and his brother Lucas van Doetechum (active 1554–1572, died before 1589) were pioneering Netherlandish engravers based in Antwerp, renowned for their collaborative reproductive prints that faithfully captured the inventive designs of leading artists. Born in Deventer, the brothers honed their craft in the bustling Antwerp print workshops, workin...